4chan website introduces copyright mechanism after celebrity hacking
Internet image board 4chan has introduced a policy for complying with the American Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for the first time. The site …
Internet of Things a Potential Security Disaster
The Internet of Things (IoT) could be a security disaster waiting to happen. That’s the view of Andrew Rose, a Forrester Research analyst. He …
Anti-piracy investigator calls for dedicated Australian court to prosecute web pirates
A prominent anti-piracy investigator has called for the creation of a dedicated Australian court to deal with the illicit downloading and distribution of movies, …
Telstra found divulging web browsing histories to law-enforcement agencies without a warrant
The federal government has been left red-faced following revelations that law-enforcement agencies have been accessing Australians’ web browsing histories without a warrant. Access to …
Is Tor’s Anonymous Internet Still Secure?
Browsing the Web with The Onion Router, or Tor, is supposed to make you anonymous. Many of the encryption algorithms used by this popular …
Court Says That Tweeting Someone Is ‘F**king Crazy’ Is Not Libelous
There have been a number of libel cases popping up over the past few years where random insults on Twitter are turned into full …
US Government Is Paying To Undermine Internet Security, Not To Fix It
The Heartbleed computer security bug is many things: a catastrophic tech failure, an open invitation to criminal hackers and yet another reason to upgrade …
Brazil passes ‘internet constitution’ ahead of global conference on web future
Ahead of a two-day Net Mundial international conference in Sao Paulo on the future of the Internet, Brazil’s Senate has unanimously adopted a bill …
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